Use the Open In command

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Many of us have a variety of editing apps on our mobile devices. And there are times when we want to use one of those applications to edit an image in our Dropbox. Using the Open In command is the focus of this movie, which is geared for photographers using this robust cloud sharing and backup platform. Hosted by photographer and writer Derrick Story.

- [Narrator] There's another important option…that I wanna show you…while you're working with your photos in Dropbox.…We're in Dropbox on a mobile device right now,…an iOS smartphone…and I'm gonna click on the More button,…the three dots up here at the top…and I wanna show you Open In…because Open In is kind of neat,…so I get there by going to export…and then I scroll down here…and there's Open In right there,…you can see it.…

What this allows us to do…is open this photo in other apps on the device itself.…So I'm gonna tap on that…and I have all sorts of options here,…as you can see.…It's pretty interesting, isn't it.…And if I don't see the option that I'm looking for,…there's a chance it might be available by tapping on More…and turning on,…not all these are turned on here.…

So for instance if I wanted to copy it to my journal,…day one, I could turn that on right here.…That shows up right there.…Now one of the things I like to do…is see more metadata…and so I have an app on my phone called…Metapho, you see it right there.…

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9/7/2016

Dropbox is a natural fit for photographers. With Dropbox, you can access images on the go, back up important work, and share images with clients and colleagues. Learn how to use the Dropbox cloud-storage service for all of this and more, in this course with author and photographer Derrick Story. Derrick reviews the photo-friendly features of Dropbox, including automatic backups, Lightroom integration, and smart syncing features to access the same library of images from your desktop, phone, tablet, and any other device with cloud access. Plus, learn how to use the Dropbox mobile apps (available for iOS and Android) to access images on the go.